Olympus Viewer 3....From ORF to JPG.

[Dave in Wales]

I'm a RAW convert, using Olympus Viewer 3 with access to PSE 9, Picassa, Gimp, Rawtherapy and Lightbox.

I'm confused, all users and others agree that the best RAW converter for ORF (Olympus Raw Files) is OV3.

It's the subsequent editing that causes me confusion.

From those in the know......The advise I've received, and opinions from internet articles.

The procedure that comes across is as follows.........

Load up ORF in OV3 and tweak as necessary the WB, temperature, tint and exposure.
Save the developed ORF as a 16bit tif.
Load up the 16bit tif into another photo editor (Photoshop, LR etc) to finish the editing, crop etc.
Save the edited tif as a JPG

Questions...
Why is it necessary to do the final editing in an editor other then OV3 as it can do all that stuff anyway.

If all the converting and editing is done in OV3 is it necessary to save the converted ORF as a 16bit tif before doing the final editing (in OV3) crop etc.

I cannot understand why it can't ALL be done within OV3.

Any advice gratefully received.

Dave

 

[ianp5a]

If you are happy with the results and the operation of OV3 then you dont need to do it in another program.
I try to do it all in Raw Therapee. However, some things I find easier (for me) in another program after exporting from Raw Therapee.